Bucknell University

Institutional Information
Commitments:
  • Carbon Commitment
  • Race to Zero
Specific Goals:
  • Carbon neutral by 2030
  • 10% reduction of Total Carbon by 2015 relative to 2008 
  • 20% reduction of Total Carbon by 2020 relative to 2008  
Change in Emissions from 1990 to 2021:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -48%
  • Scope 3: 245%
  • Gross emissions: -41%
  • Net emissions: -41%
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Totals
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Gross MTCDE 54,951.11 55,034.28 56,991.64 58,805.42 62,444.28 62,011.94 62,382.86 66,350.74 56,068.79 37,504.83 33,991.08 34,075.29 32,709.27 30,076.02 33,137.66 32,744.52 37,753.40 38,078.73 46,122.10 45,112.81 44,330.84 41,258.96 42,738.67 35,482.09 36,850.31 37,127.52 37,182.50 34,869.86 35,947.45 35,280.02 35,895.97 32,225.53
Offsets (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Compost (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Non-Additional Sequestration (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Biogenic (MT CO2) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Net MTCDE 54,951.11 55,034.28 56,991.64 58,805.42 62,444.28 62,011.94 62,382.86 66,350.74 56,068.79 37,504.83 33,991.08 34,075.29 32,709.27 30,076.02 33,137.66 32,744.52 37,753.40 38,078.73 46,122.10 45,112.81 44,330.84 41,258.96 42,738.67 35,482.09 36,850.31 37,127.52 37,182.50 34,869.86 35,947.45 35,280.02 35,895.97 32,225.53
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 40,865.51 40,948.68 44,499.07 45,442.55 49,163.64 48,961.27 48,748.86 50,248.79 39,809.19 21,211.84 31,157.89 30,775.38 30,634.98 28,769.32 32,031.17 31,995.37 33,132.89 33,360.38 33,601.42 34,422.97 34,477.66 32,517.87 32,718.26 30,797.48 32,202.56 32,484.49 30,656.44 28,964.38 28,771.15 29,418.77 29,680.91 27,619.55
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 12,817.90 12,817.90 11,368.24 12,160.21 11,764.33 11,555.06 12,091.40 14,295.64 14,439.10 14,453.60 2,222.30 2,636.92 1,536.00 777.63 609.38 283.10 1,074.82 1,241.33 2,675.07 1,482.45 1,040.58 0.00 72.63 147.22 0.00 37.98 384.01 0.00 964.90 99.36 13.60 229.05
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 1,267.70 1,267.70 1,124.33 1,202.66 1,516.31 1,495.61 1,542.60 1,806.31 1,820.50 1,839.39 610.89 662.99 538.29 529.07 497.11 466.05 3,545.69 3,477.02 9,845.61 9,207.39 8,812.60 8,741.09 9,947.78 4,537.39 4,647.75 4,605.05 6,142.05 5,905.48 6,211.40 5,761.89 6,201.46 4,376.93
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Co-gen Electricity (MTCDE) 1,926.21 1,957.66 1,984.48 2,010.14 2,261.17 2,317.70 2,077.29 380.48 1,118.72 385.17 6,640.90 6,434.04 7,588.30 7,958.73 8,731.58 9,204.54 9,197.81 9,717.71 8,829.38 9,430.41 8,873.20 9,249.07 9,006.34 9,001.03 8,721.05 8,318.08 7,749.34 8,459.05 7,680.72 8,239.26 8,068.43 7,686.12
Co-gen Steam (MTCDE) 38,939.30 38,991.02 42,514.59 43,432.41 46,902.47 46,023.99 46,051.70 48,597.14 37,411.54 19,558.27 23,323.90 23,218.01 21,990.59 19,747.39 22,068.22 21,477.63 22,027.22 20,904.12 20,813.45 20,579.75 20,619.48 20,482.44 20,810.49 19,719.16 20,273.21 19,444.19 18,670.49 17,637.19 17,854.56 19,125.42 18,815.96 17,241.19
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 652.17 652.01 655.32 510.59 509.47 444.07 438.83 581.51 547.06 485.43 508.86 531.40 513.35 540.64 461.87 556.97 550.83 621.73 647.47 708.84 765.15 709.80 983.13 1,168.41 940.85
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 619.58 619.87 619.00 626.92 613.08 682.50 613.86 612.02 624.37 649.86 639.36 637.53 641.94 655.01 695.83 724.95 646.77 700.78 661.46 646.28 693.13 682.48 679.80 671.75 690.73 647.23 478.66
Refrigerants & Chemicals (MTCDE) 126.78 784.90 1,587.75 2,772.18 3,203.63 3,719.39 1,677.72 1,643.68 865.00 1,940.29 3,381.62 2,845.29 1,423.19 1,854.32 380.23 980.88 1,272.73
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 12,817.90 12,817.90 11,368.24 12,160.21 11,764.33 11,555.06 12,091.40 14,295.64 14,439.10 14,453.60 2,222.30 2,636.92 1,536.00 777.63 609.38 283.10 1,074.82 1,241.33 2,675.07 1,482.45 1,040.58 72.63 147.22 37.98 384.01 964.90 99.36 13.60 229.05
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 384.68 385.41 383.45 386.77 391.84 420.63 427.44 425.14 411.41 438.21 438.07 439.95 275.28 179.76
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 1,097.07 1,099.16 1,081.06 1,059.67 1,066.24 1,060.59 1,116.06 1,135.54 1,133.32 1,174.21 1,203.12 1,200.10 1,858.41 1,799.59
Student Commuting (MTCDE) 67.85 68.01 67.09 66.16 66.07 65.19 65.60 65.63 26.22 26.20 26.59 26.52 8.17 10.83
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 0.14 1,029.70 996.42 1,228.16 1,131.94 920.26 967.44 1,071.86 1,334.86 569.88 525.66 2,788.77 2,570.97 3,028.27 2,871.14 2,951.38 1,900.02
Other Directly Financed Travel (MTCDE) 3,985.32 4,033.03 4,020.74 4,132.98 5,763.97 426.38 229.01 270.38 275.81 288.02 95.39 89.11 65.92 21.92
Study Abroad Air Travel (MTCDE) 1,983.42 1,919.31 2,246.90 1,637.78 1,553.05 1,373.63 322.96 314.80 1,413.39 1,349.24 651.75 623.57 650.03 705.62 631.84 155.63
Solid Waste (MTCDE) 352.80 352.80 346.75 392.46 392.46 409.91 391.10 402.20 386.38 400.52 385.06 386.41 374.63 390.76 359.86 337.68 313.77 316.51 578.22 218.40 171.03 178.41 196.47 210.58 180.12 194.42 196.37 154.10
Wastewater (MTCDE) 163.44 163.44 163.44 150.72 171.88 154.27 185.54 154.77 150.17 142.16 143.91
Paper Purchasing (MTCDE) 97.54 132.55 190.66 349.44 369.44 400.77 419.06 418.86 368.44 328.15 151.86 141.50 99.37
T&D Losses (MTCDE) 1,267.70 1,267.70 1,124.33 1,202.66 1,163.51 1,142.81 1,195.85 1,413.85 1,428.04 1,429.48 219.79 260.79 151.91 128.55 111.91 79.64 157.94 170.53 312.33 253.40 177.19 96.55 165.30 172.83 69.03 81.22 89.27 63.12 117.75 83.17 72.59 55.71
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption (kWh) 24,549,000 24,549,000 21,772,600 23,289,400 22,531,200 22,130,400 23,157,600 27,379,200 27,653,948 27,681,730 4,256,179 5,050,268 2,941,776 2,489,335 2,167,098 1,542,194 3,058,505 3,570,600 6,539,669 5,932,516 6,279,186 3,421,454 4,185,675 4,376,369 3,487,274 4,100,280 5,491,583 3,883,223 6,903,656 4,808,754 4,042,386 3,102,414
Voluntary unbundled RECs Purchased (kWh) 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 2,500,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,381,000 4,127,000 4,000,000 4,500,000 4,000,000 2,388,500
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